Babelomurex sentix (Bayer, 1971)
Caribbean, mid-Atlantic seamounts, to central Mediterranean.
Original taxon: Coralliophila sentix.
Predator on sessile preys in deep water coral environments.
 
Shell medium-sized, solid, slightly umbilicate, strongly carinate at the shoulder of each whorl, where rise some flat triangular extensions that can be true spines, especially in younger specimens. The sculpture is given by weak radial costae crossed by numerous frilly spiral cords.

500-600m deep, off Rabat, W. Malta. 33mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
The recent spines, which are near the aperture, are the most developed. Same spot. 43,3mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Same spot, young specimen. 25mm.
Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT).
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Holotype of Coralliophila sentix, USNM 701155, collected at about 250m deep, east of Saint-Vincent, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 28mm. Original pictures provided by W.  Larrimore for the Smithsonian Institution, NMNH – (CC Ø).

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